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Nahum — the prophet who authored the oracle against Nineveh
Nahum's name means 'comfort' or 'consolation,' though his prophecy is hardly comforting—at least not to Nineveh. The book opens by identifying him as 'the Elkoshite,' though the location of Elkosh remains uncertain. His oracle celebrates Nineveh's coming destruction, offering comfort to Judah by announcing judgment on their oppressor. The prophetic book is a masterpiece of Hebrew poetry describing divine vengeance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The personal name of the prophet in Nahum 1:1, introducing the entire book. The name derives from נחם (comfort), and some scholars see this as programmatic—Nahum brings comfort to Judah by announcing Nineveh's fall. Ancient versions consistently render this as Naoum or similar. The prophet's historical setting is likely the late 7th century BC, between Assyria's destruction of Thebes (663 BC, mentioned in 3:8) and Nineveh's fall (612 BC, predicted throughout the book). 1×
AR["نَاحُوم"]·ben["নহূমের"]·DE["Nahum"]·EN["Nahum"]·FR["Nahum"]·heb["נחום"]·HI["नहूम"]·ID["Nahum"]·IT["Naum"]·jav["Nahum"]·KO["나후"]·PT["de-Nachum"]·RU["Наума"]·ES["Nahum"]·SW["-Nahumu"]·TR["Nahum'un"]·urd["ناحوم"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† נַחוּם n.pr.m. (comfort) the prophet Nahum, Na 1:1, 𝔊 Ναουμ. נַחוּם comforting, full of comfort (sc. is י׳? cf. ARSKDB nahum DrNa 1, 1, Century Bible).